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D. WILDE. GRAIN METER.

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No. 495,145.- Patented Apr. 11, 1893.

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WITNSSESI I 66 73 0! UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL YVILDE, OF IVASHINGTON, IOIVA.

GRAIN-METER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,145, dated April11, 1893. Application filed December 3,1892- Serial No. 45 I O4- N modemTo all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL WILDE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Meters; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention has particular reference to that class of grain meters, inwhich an oscillating bucket is employed, and it is especially designedas an improvement on my prior pzstgent No. 411,514, granted September 21, 1 9.

My object is to provide superior cut-off mechanism for the dischargeopeningsin the bucket.

WVith this end in view my invention consists in the peculiar featuresand combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l representsa side elevation of myinvention, the supporting-frame being broken away below the pivotalpoint, to better show my bucket closer in the position assumed when oneside of the bucket is closed, the mouth being shown in dotted lines.Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the'bucketcloser; Fig.3 views of details.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the supporting frame of my weigher,which is fork shaped, its two arms 2 embracing the bucket 3. One arm hasa heart-shaped opening t, in which a locking pin 5, on the bucket,works. To one of the arms is secured a set of registering wheels 6inclosed in a suitable box. The bucket 3 is pivoted, by trunnions 7, toa movable frame, the upper end of which connects with the forward end ofa forked scale-beam 8, having rearwardly extending arms 9, upon which anadjustable weight 10 is adapted to slide. The lower end of the frame hasbranching arms 11, 12, to the ends of which is hinged a V- shaped frame13. To the upper ends of this frame are secured longitudinal bars,extending under the bucket, and fastened to the frame on opposite sidesthereof. Attached to one of the forks of the scale-beam 8, is adownwardly extending pawl 1a, the nose of which engages the teeth ontheregistering wheels. The bucket 3 has a vertical part-ition placed inits center, which divides the bucket into two compartments, but thepartition does not extend to the bottom of the bucket, it terminatingjust below the buckets center and at the apex of its mouth. The bucketconverges as it nears its lower end, the bottom being cutaway, so thateach compartment will have a common discharge mouth 15, having intransverse section, the shape of an inverted V.

My bucket-closer consists of a fiat longitudinal plate 16 having itsends provided with upward extending arms 17. From the longitudinalcenter of this plate 16 rises a cut-off 18, the upper end of which meetsthe lower end of and forms a continuation of the partition 19, to closeeither of the compartments. The part of the plate, on either side of thepartition or cut-off 18,.overlaps the lower edge of the mouth of thecompartment, when the closer is on that side, as clearly seen in Fig. 1.The upwardly extending arms 17 are pivoted to the bucket at 20, and theupper end of one is pivoted to a check-rod 21, which can be lengthenedor shortened, as desired, by means of the nuts 22 and threads on theouter end. A brace-rod 24 is joined to the trunnion or pivot f thebucket, and extends back and is secured to the lower part of thesupporting-frame 1.

To prevent the wind from blowing the grain away after it leaves themouth of the bucket, I provide a canvas chute 25, its receiving mouthbeing attached to the longitudinal bars of the V-shaped frame, and itsdischarge opening being made narrower and extending below the mouth ofthe bucket. It will thus be seen that when the grain is being emptiedfrom the bucket, the canvas chute will converge the stream of grain,tending to keep the particles together.

In using my device the operator first slides the weight 10 along the arm9, to the desired position. It will be seen that when he has ICOadjusted the weight, the pin on the bucket will be in one of the uppercavities of the heart-shaped hearing, as for instance the right-handcavity. When in this position the bucket will be tipped to the right, sothat the grain, coming from a suitable chute above, will run into theleft-hand compartment. It will also be noticed that the bucket-closer isalso on the left-hand side, thus closing that compartment. The graincontinues to flow into the left-hand compartment until its weightovercomes that on the scale-beam, when it will raise it, and shift thebucket to its other position, or tilt it in exactly the oppositedirection. bucket will thus be thrown from the righthand cavity to theleft-hand cavity of the heart-shaped bearing. The bucket-closer willalso be thrown from the mouth of the lefthand compartment to the mouthof the opposite compartment, allowing the grain to run out, and, as thebucket tips to its other position, the weight on the scale-beam willdrop, actuating the pawl 14, which in turn moves the registering wheelone point. The grain will now run into theother compartment, until itfills, when the operation just described will be repeated. Hence it willbe seen that the buckets and bucket-closer are made to The locking-pinon the oscillating bucket provided with a partition,

a cut-01f plate extending across the bottom of the bucket, and arrangedto automatically close one side and open the other by the oscillation ofthe bucket, a counterbalanced scale-beam supporting the bucket, and apin on the bucket, which pin is arranged. to enter locking cavities, andto shift from one to the other by the weight of the bucket, in themanner and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a grain meter, an oscillating bucket, in combination with acut-off consisting of a vertical plate rising from the center of a1ongitudinal horizontal plate and adapted to extend entirely across andclose the mouth of the bucket, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL WVILDE.

Witnesses:

WM. WILsoN, J r., E. G. MASON.

